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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS This August Best Union Company acquired the Ticketing Business Unit of Zucchetti Regulus, part of Zucchetti Group, operating in the Italian market and focusing on ticketing.

This acquisition definitively marks our Group’s leadership in the Italian Theme Parks and Exhibitions market, secures our leading role in the Culture sector and offers the opportunity to broaden our customer base related both to Sports and the Live Entertainment markets.

Furthermore, thanks to this transaction, Best Union acquired the TMaster software, originally owned by Zucchetti Regulus, thus expanding its commercial offering and taking advantage of new business opportunities both at a local and international level.

Even more recently, Best Union Company acquired a 100% stake in the capital of Enta Australasia, a leading ticketing and CRM solutions provider in Australia.

Following this acquisition, the eleventh acquisition in our history, Best Union will increase its market share in Australia and New Zealand, and will implement a development program for other international markets which will be covered from the current Australian representation in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Through these important acquisitions, Best Union continues to pursue its international development strategy and supports our goal of achieving consistent excellence in the global entertainment sector.

The positive outcome of this operation also paved the way for a strategic commercial partnership with Zucchetti Group, thanks to our complimentary products.

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BEST UNION IN THE ITALIAN 1 TRADE FAIR MARKET

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BEST UNION IN THE ITALIAN THEME PARK MARKET Leolandia (Capriate San Gervasio)

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Canevaworld (Lazise Sul Garda)

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Gardaland (Castelnuovo Del Garda)

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Zoom (Cumiana)

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Sunlight Park (Tirrenia)

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Bioparco (Roma)

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Rainbow Magicland (Valmontone)

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Monti Rossi Adventure Park (Nicolosi)

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BEST UNION WELCOMES A “REVOLUTIONARY” NEW CLIENT IN VIRGINIA! Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia went live August 23rd with our Best Overview Solution (BOS)!

d) All of the above and much, much more If you chose “d”, you’re correct!

Colonial Williamsburg makes it their mission to be a center for history, encouraging national and international audiences alike to experience the past through their accurate representation of 18th-century Williamsburg.

There are so many things to enjoy at Colonial Williamsburg, architecture included.

This brick beauty below was once the Capitol building of Virginia. In this structure, laws were made and tension was high; the General Assembly often debated and created legislation here.

Is Colonial Williamsburg an ideal place to: a) Learn about United States’ past while staying in authentic reproductions of 18th-century homes. b) Experience what Golf Digest named one of 2016’s best golf resorts in the mid-Atlantic.

Learn more about our newest client and plan your visit at: www.colonialwilliamsburg.com

c) Enjoy carriage rides, ghost tours, fine dining and shopping while learning about the past.

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BEST UNION SAYS “GIDDAY” TO ZOOS VICTORIA - OUR NEWEST CLIENT DOWN UNDER! Best Union is excited to announce that Zoos Victoria in Australia went live this summer with our Best Overview Solution (BOS) software! Zoos Victoria strives to be one of the world’s leading zoo-based conservation organizations.

Learn more about this new client at www.zoo.org.au

Did you know: Zoos Victoria is made up of three sites; The Melbourne Zoo, Werribee Open Range Zoo and Healesville Sanctuary? All of these sites are now operating with the BOS system which incorporates onsite and online ticketing for general admissions, groups, special events, memberships and resource management, with access control, all in one robust solution!

Zoos Victoria houses the oldest and most respected urban zoo in the southern hemisphere. Can you guess which one it is?

Oh, and they also house some pretty adorable animals like the ones pictured here!

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BEST UNION'S ONLINE BUYING EXPERIENCE NOW EVEN EASIER WITH NEW FEATURES Best Union now offers several new features that allow our clients to improve the online ticketing experience for their guests, including: • Add to Calendar: allow guests to add their purchased performance to their calendar with just the click of a button!

• Add to Passbook: allow guests to quickly add tickets and performances to Passbook on an iPhone!

• Mobile-friendly Layouts: directly link guests using a mobile phone to a web page previewing a mobile-friendly ticket!

Best Union clients can use these new features on their Web sites to ensure an easy and convenient online ticket purchase experience for their guests.

Contact us today to find out how these features can work for your company.

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BEST UNION SPONSORS THE 27TH UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC Best Union was a proud sponsor of the Universal Studios Hollywood Charity Golf Classic that was held over Labor Day weekend.

This fundraising event focuses on supporting local community programs and brings together vendors, corporate partners, employees and volunteers from all over the globe, making it a truly universal experience. he Best Union team was happy to be the sponsor of the event t-shirts for over 100 event volunteers!

Did you know: Golf as we know it started sometime in the 15th century on the eastern coast of Scotland.

Players used a stick to hit a pebble around a primitive course of sand dunes, rabbit runs and tracks.!

This year, as Universal celebrates its 27th anniversary of the fundraising event, Best Union celebrated its first year of athletic participation! James Burton, our North American Operations Sales Manager, “griped” his clubs, “faced” the “green” and hoped to “ace” the course located at Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort!

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MOTOR SHOW MUST GO ON! FIERA DI BOLOGNA, 3/11 December 2016 The 40th edition of the most important Italian event dedicated to car enthusiasts coincides with the return of the extraordinary exhibition that for almost half a century has given voice to the passion for engines, beauty and technology.

Motor Show 2016 welcomes young people, universities and start-ups, with digital and virtual challenges aimed at the future of mobility. At the same time an entire pavilion dedicated to excellences in automotive history, represented by the most important Italian museums, private collections and historical brand records, will serve as a tribute to tradition and to the 40th anniversary of the exhibition.

Best Union combines that same passion with pride for the exclusivity on this event that has contributed to the history of the automobile.

We hope to see you in Bologna! www.vivaticket.it

“Passion, passion, passion, these are the three key words of the new Motor Show,� said Rino Drogo, Motor Show Director.

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DAVID BOWIE IS BOLOGNA - MamBo Now through November 13, 2016 There are only a few days left to experience the exhibition dedicated to David Bowie, housed at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna (MamBo) and organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

The MamBo has already welcomed over 80.000 visitors arriving from all over the world to celebrate the immortal hero of contemporary art and culture, thanks to the extraordinary collection of stage costumes and sets, pictures and videos, records and much more, made available from the David Bowie Archive.

Among the many fans who have crowded the halls of museum, Michael Nyman, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer, Amanda Lear, Morgan, Manuel Agnelli, Samuele Bersani, Max Pezzali, Alberto Fortis, Red Ronnie, Luciana Litizzetto, Rudy Zerbi, and Marco Materazzi have all paid their personal tribute to David Bowie's career.

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To allow access to the exhibition for the many people hoping to enjoy this unique experience, opening hours have been extended to 11.00 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On Wednesday students can access the museum at a reduced rate, thanks to the promotion "You can be student".

YOU can be a hero!

Get your own access to the exhibition at VIVATICKET!

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DALÍ. THE CLASSICAL DREAM Now through February 5, 2017 Pisa, Palazzo Blu Fondazione Palazzo Blu is hosting the exhibition “Dalí. The Classical Dream”, organized in cooperation with the Fundación Gala-Salvador Dalí and MondoMostre.

Around 150 works from the Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres and the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida – the two most important international institutions holding works by the Spanish artist – and the Vatican Museum are on display.

The exhibition presents the Spanish master’s extraordinary oeuvre through a wide-ranging selection of seminal works that show just how much inspiration Dalí drew from the great Italian masters in Raphael and Michelangelo’s day.

This can be seen from the selection of remarkable and little known oils on display, four of which have never been shown in public before.

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These oils are presented as a stylistic and thematic corpus for the first time.

They make it possible to analyze the artist’s technique and thought in this period, and show that he constantly elaborated his anxieties through art. This broadens our knowledge of the last stage in the painter’s career, about which little is known, enabling us to discover the most idiosyncratic aspect of Dalinian thought, through the expressiveness of an artist on a quest for immortality.

This major exhibition offers a new take on Dalí, by examining the work of the genius from Figueres in relation to the antique tradition and the great Italian masters, and presenting an unusual aspect of his Surrealist trajectory for the first time, in the rooms of Palazzo Blu. Here paintings, illustrations, drawings and watercolors shed light on an enigmatic and eccentric Dalí, as an explorer and admirer of the “classical dream”.

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